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Los Lunas Officer Involved Shooting.

A STANDOFF NEIGHBORS TELL US BEGAN AROUND 9 LAST NIGHT AND DIDN'T END UNTIL ABOUT 2-30 THIS MORNING.

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Updated: 5:32 PM MDT May 3, 2014

Los Lunas Officer Involved Shooting.

A STANDOFF NEIGHBORS TELL US BEGAN AROUND 9 LAST NIGHT AND DIDN'T END UNTIL ABOUT 2-30 THIS MORNING.

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WEBVTT A MAN AFTER THEY SAY HE THREATENED THEM WITH A WEAPON. IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT IN LOS LUNAS AND POLICE HAVE BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MOST OF TODAY. KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER MIKE SPRINGER IS LIVE. MIKE? ROYALE, THERE ARE STILL SHARDS OF GLASS AND A RUBBER BULLET ON THE ROAD LEFT FROM THE STANDOFF. A STANDOFF NEIGHBORS TELL US BEGAN AROUND 9 LAST NIGHT AND DIDN'T END UNTIL ABOUT 2-30 THIS MORNING. WHAT'S USUALLY A QUIET LOS LUNAS STREET BECAME QUITE THE OPPOSITE FRIDAY NIGHT. I started seeing cop cars and stuff and a little bit after that I started hearing bangs LOS LUNAS POLICE SAY THEY CAME TO CALLE DON SANTIAGO FOR A DOMESTIC SITUATION. THEY AREN'T SAY MUCH MORE OTHER THAN AT 9-30, STATE POLICE SHOWED UP AND A MAN HAD BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE HIS HOME. I couldn't exactly hear everything but it was mostly come out of the house, cooperate, things like that. police say they tried to talk to the man, to get him to come out of his home. They say he appeared to be under the influence of something, what that something is they can't exactly say. But eventually the man did come out and police say he had what they can only describe as a deadly weapon THIS MAN LIVES RIGHT NEXT-DOOR. HE SAYS HE WATCHED THE FINAL MOMENTS GO DOWN. SOT he had his hands up in the air, okay? And then he walked out between the vehicles and I couldn't see him no more, but I heard shots fired STATE POLICE SHOT THE MAN. NEIGHBORS ARE CONFUSED. THEY SAY THE SUSPECT, THEIR NEIGHBOR, NEVER CAUSED ANY TROUBLE. SOT he was a real nice guy. He really was. I don't understand the whole thing. I still don't understand it POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED THE MAN'S NAME AT THIS TIME OR GIVEN AN UPDATE ON HIS CONDITION. BUT THEY SAY HE WAS ALIVE WHEN THEY TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. REPORTING IN LOS LUNAS MIKE SPRINGER KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. STATE POLICE TELL US OFFICERS WILL BE PLACED ON PAID LEAVE. THEY WOULDN'T SAY HOW MANY. THIS IS

Los Lunas Officer Involved Shooting.

A STANDOFF NEIGHBORS TELL US BEGAN AROUND 9 LAST NIGHT AND DIDN'T END UNTIL ABOUT 2-30 THIS MORNING.